Altered behavior due to prenatal smoke exposure was examined in 25 neonates born from smoking mothers who consumed at least 5 cigarettes/d during the entire gestation. Data were compared with 25 matched neonates born from nonsmoking mothers. Neonatal behavior was evaluated using the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (BNBAS). Antenatal exposure to tobacco smoke at the end of the pregnancy was determined by measurement of urinary cotinine. Newborns from smoking mothers showed significant lower scores in various BNBAS items compared with neonates from nonsmoking mothers. A strong correlation was observed between infant irritability and urinary cotinine in newborns from smoker and nonsmoking mothers and with number of daily smoked cigarettes and maternal nicotine daily intake of infants exposed to active maternal smoking. Linear regression analysis showed that urinary cotinine was the best predictor of infant irritability (r(2) = 0.727). The latter was also associated to the neonate's low level of attention and poor response to inanimate auditory stimuli. Among infants from nonsmoking mothers, paternal smoking significantly correlated with infant urinary cotinine and infant irritability, being also the best predictor of irritability (r(2) = 0.364). Neonatal behavior can be significantly altered in a dose-dependent manner even after modest prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke.

Neonatal urinary cotinine correlates with behavioural alterations due to maternal active and passive smoke during pregnancy . E129545 / Mansi, Giuseppina; Raimondi, Francesco; Pichini, S; Capasso, Letizia; Sarno, Micaela; Zuccaro, P; Pacifici, R; GARCIA ALGAR, O; Romano, Alfonso; Paludetto, Roberto. - In: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. - ISSN 0031-3998. - STAMPA. - 61(2):(2007), pp. 257-261.

Neonatal urinary cotinine correlates with behavioural alterations due to maternal active and passive smoke during pregnancy . E129545

MANSI, GIUSEPPINA;RAIMONDI, FRANCESCO;CAPASSO, LETIZIA;SARNO, MICAELA;ROMANO, ALFONSO;PALUDETTO, ROBERTO
2007

Abstract

Altered behavior due to prenatal smoke exposure was examined in 25 neonates born from smoking mothers who consumed at least 5 cigarettes/d during the entire gestation. Data were compared with 25 matched neonates born from nonsmoking mothers. Neonatal behavior was evaluated using the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (BNBAS). Antenatal exposure to tobacco smoke at the end of the pregnancy was determined by measurement of urinary cotinine. Newborns from smoking mothers showed significant lower scores in various BNBAS items compared with neonates from nonsmoking mothers. A strong correlation was observed between infant irritability and urinary cotinine in newborns from smoker and nonsmoking mothers and with number of daily smoked cigarettes and maternal nicotine daily intake of infants exposed to active maternal smoking. Linear regression analysis showed that urinary cotinine was the best predictor of infant irritability (r(2) = 0.727). The latter was also associated to the neonate's low level of attention and poor response to inanimate auditory stimuli. Among infants from nonsmoking mothers, paternal smoking significantly correlated with infant urinary cotinine and infant irritability, being also the best predictor of irritability (r(2) = 0.364). Neonatal behavior can be significantly altered in a dose-dependent manner even after modest prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke.
2007
Neonatal urinary cotinine correlates with behavioural alterations due to maternal active and passive smoke during pregnancy . E129545 / Mansi, Giuseppina; Raimondi, Francesco; Pichini, S; Capasso, Letizia; Sarno, Micaela; Zuccaro, P; Pacifici, R; GARCIA ALGAR, O; Romano, Alfonso; Paludetto, Roberto. - In: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. - ISSN 0031-3998. - STAMPA. - 61(2):(2007), pp. 257-261.
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